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But in lines 15 and 16, he says that everything is suddenly "changed, changed utterly" and that "A terrible beauty is born." People who understand the reference to the Easter Uprising in the poem's title no doubt understand how everyday life would have changed when the fighting started.

Lines 15-16: So far, Yeats has been going on about how he doesn't really care about his run-ins with the common folk of Dublin.

The phrase "terrible beauty" seems to be Yeats's way of saying that history's most celebrated moments are usually moments of death. On the other hand, a whole bunch of people died. On the one hand, the Uprising is beautiful because it'll go down in history as a great fight for Irish freedom. Whenever he talks about terrible beauty, Yeats seems to be trying to bring together the different (even contradictory) emotions he feels when he thinks about the Irish Uprising of Easter, 1916. I’d rate A Great and Terrible Beauty 4 of 5 stars.Three times in the poem, Yeats ends a stanza with the phrase, "A terrible beauty is born." He even ends the poem with it, which should set off our spidey sense and tell us that it's probably an important phrase.

The story is exciting and interesting. Overall, it was a decent read with some really cool ideas. She’s lyrical and descriptive, and everything flowed really well from a language perspective. I loved the world of the Realms that Libba Bray created – that was very cool, and I was particularly intrigued by Gemma’s relationship with her mother. I think it’s an important message that young girls/boys need to understand in any time. That said, my favorite thing about this group of girls was Libba Bray’s message that they were all flawed, i.e., no one is perfect.

At times I felt myself thinking how petulant she was which probably didn’t help with the connection aspect, although I did like the other girls, particularly Felicity and Pippa. I found that Gemma as a character held me on and off, and I’m not sure that was due to Libba Bray’s apt portrayal of a teenager (one minute you like them, the next you want to lock them in a box).

She finds the diary of Mary Dowd, and with the help of three unlikely friends, sets out on a journey to discover Mary’s terrible secret, and the power that she herself holds. Plagued with visions of a mysterious beast stalking her, Gemma discovers that she holds the key to reopening the Realms and bringing back magic into this world, albeit with a price. The beginning was exciting and different, starting out with a bang, and I was pulled into Gemma Doyle’s life as she leaves India following the murder of her mother to attend an elite boarding school in London. The novel is set in the Victorian age which is the first thing that separates it from current YA books. Overall A Great and Terrible Beauty was good and I read it during a flight to Miami, so a solid three hours. Books, fantasy Book Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty